AUSTIN, Texas--Aug. 15, 2005--Winternals Software(R), a leading provider of Microsoft systems recovery and data protection solutions, today announced the release of Defrag Manager 4.0, the latest version of the company's Windows enterprise defragmentation solution. Version 4.0 retains the product's system performance benefits and advanced management capabilities, while extending its ability to support the evolving Windows enterprise.

"Defrag Manager has always been an important component of Winternals' strategy to help our customers achieve a highly optimized Windows enterprise and the greatest possible return on their Microsoft infrastructure," said Edwin Brasch, president and CEO of Winternals. "The latest version of Defrag Manager continues to deliver unmatched manageability while ensuring that the product will maintain its value as enterprise computing requirements change in the future."

Defrag Manager 4.0 is the first commercial defragmenter to integrate with Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005, Microsoft's enterprise operations management solution. To facilitate integration, the Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Management Pack is available for download directly from Winternals ( www.winternals.com/support ). The Management Pack is imported into an existing deployment of MOM 2005 and applied to centrally monitor scheduled defragmentation events on the main Defrag Manager Console server.

Defrag Manager 4.0 also offers full support for Windows x64-compatible systems, ensuring that as organizations migrate to 64-bit systems, Defrag Manager will also evolve to meet future enterprise requirements. 64-bit systems are incorporated seamlessly into existing defragmentation schedules, without requiring additional installation or deployment tasks.

New reporting capabilities included in Defrag Manager 4.0 provide greater efficiency for managing the defragmentation of large Windows environments by allowing administrators to monitor the status of Defrag Manager operations such as success and failure details, space analysis, and disk and partition information. Reports are available for any system scheduled for defragmentation -- whether a single PC, a group of computers, an Active Directory Organizational Unit, or an entire domain. Administrators can also receive real-time email alerts of defragmentation status in HTML or plain-text format.

In addition to MOM 2005 integration, support for x64-based systems, and reporting, new features in Defrag Manager 4.0 include:

Many of the new Defrag Manager 4.0 features were added at the request of customers to ensure that the product continues to provide the most comprehensive enterprise defragmentation capabilities in the future.

"We're running a dispersed, multi-site enterprise with thousands of Windows systems, so we need a defragmentation solution that can be set up, deployed, and managed from one centralized location," said Kirk Plyler, Senior Systems Administrator with Sun Healthcare Group Inc. "Winternals Defrag Manager meets all of these requirements. I've recognized a significant performance increase on my servers since I started using this automated defragmentation solution."

About Winternals Defrag Manager
Defrag Manager remotely schedules, deploys, monitors, and controls defragmentation throughout a Windows-based network from a single console, without requiring any client installations or new, continuously running services. It deploys a low-system-overhead defrag agent to every client according to a schedule that the administrator designates. The agent utilizes a proprietary defragmentation algorithm that automatically completes the defrag process, and then removes itself from each system.

All defragmentation tasks can be controlled and configured from one system, regardless of the number of computers in the enterprise or the physical location of the machines -- including mobile PCs disconnected from the network. Administrators can schedule defragmentation for a single PC, a group of computers, an Active Directory Organizational Unit, or an entire domain with a single drag-and-drop. Every version of Windows NT, 2000, XP, and Windows Server 2003 is supported, so separate defragmenter products do not have to be maintained.

Defrag Manager maintains 100% compliance with native Windows file system APIs, ensuring thorough, safe boot-time defragmentation in every mode of operation without file system corruption or data loss. There is never a need to perform additional backups before running Defrag Manager.

Using Defrag Manager in the Windows enterprise results in better application and system performance, averted hardware upgrades, shorter start up times, reclaimed disk space, and reduced workload for the IT staff.

Availability
Defrag Manager 4.0 is available now directly from Winternals and through the company's network of resellers. For additional product information go to www.winternals.com/Products/DefragManager . To locate a reseller, visit www.winternals.com/partners.

About Winternals
Founded in 1996, Winternals provides systems recovery and data protection solutions for Microsoft-based enterprises worldwide. Winternals solutions empower IT professionals to rapidly resolve the daily emergencies that arise when administering Windows systems and maintain high availability of mission critical systems. By accelerating recovery, improving data integrity, increasing productivity, and optimizing performance, Winternals reduces the total cost of ownership for the Microsoft-based enterprise. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Winternals is a Microsoft Gold Certified partner that counts among its customers 49 of the Fortune 50 and 97 of the Fortune 100. For more information on Winternals visit www.winternals.com.

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